Improvement in apparatus for mounting fans



a. Raul-1cm Apparatus for Mounting Fans.

No. 163,731, Patented Ma' y25,l87 5.

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I t l UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

GUSTAV BRUEOK, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT lN APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING FANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 163,731, dated May 25,1875; application filed May 7, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUSTAV BRUEcK, of the city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and Improved Implement for Mounting Fans,which invention is fully set forth in the following specification,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1represents a longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a plan or top view. Fig. 3is a transverse section in the plane 00 m, Fig. 2.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the combination of an adjustable guide forthe leaves with an adjustable guide for the folded covering of a fan,and with a follower fitting between the guide for the folded covering insuch a manner that the operation of securing the leaves between thefolds of the covering is materially facilitated.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a board, in which is secured apin, a, to receive the ends of the leaves 13 of a fan, each of saidleaves being provided with a hole just large enough to drop over saidpin. On the surface of the board A are arranged two guides, GD, each ofwhich consists of two jaws, which are fastened to the boards by screws 061 passing through slots 0 fin the jaws, so that said jaws can be movedtoward and from each other, and that they can be adjusted for fans ofdifferent sizes. The jaws G are adjusted so that the handles of thefan-leaves can be dropped between them, while the jaws D are so adjustedthat the folded covering for the fan can be placed between the same,said covering being made of any suitable textile fabric, or of paper,and folded in the required shape before being introduced between thejaws D. Between the jaws D is fitted a follower, E, which must bechanged for fans of difierent sizes. After the covers of the fan and itsleaves have been prepared and the jaws O D have been adjusted in therequired position, I first place one of the covers on the pin a, and between the jaws O D, its inner surface being coated with glue or othersuitable cement;

then I put the folded covering for the fan be tween the jaws D, causingthe first fold of said folded covering to adhere to the covering; then Icoat the shank of the first leaf with glue, or other suitable cement,raise the first or lowest fold of the covering, insert said shank intosaid fold, drop the body of the leaf between the jaws O, and over thepin a, and finally press down the follower E E, so as to cause the firstfold of the covering to adhere to the sides of the shank of the firstleaf. Then I raise the subsequent folds of the covering, insert theshanks of the successive leaves, after having previously coated themwith cement, and by a pressure on the follower, each of said shanks iscaused to adhere to its fold. Finally, the second cover of the fan,being coated on its inner surface with cement to the required distance,is placed between the jaws O D, and by pressing it down it is caused toadhere to the last fold of the covering, and after the cement has setsufficiently I remove the fan out of thejaws O D, and then I unite thecovers and the leaves by means of a pivot, in the usual manner.

. By these means the folded covering is retained in the requiredposition to receive the shanks of the fan-leaves, and the operation ofmounting a fan can be effected in a comparatively short time.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In an implement for mounting fans, the combination of leaf-guides G Oand guides D D, for the folded covering of a fan, substantially as shownand described.

2. The combination of a follower, E, with the guides D D, for the foldedcovering, and with the leaf-guides G O, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand andseal.

GUSTAV BRUEOK. n s.]

Witnesses:

FRANCIS FORBES, E. F. KASTENHUBE a.

